The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1887-06-03
srownsvllle News.

Men and teams are busy working ont
road taxes.
Mrs. n. Bnrtch OF Coburg, visited
town on Saturday last.
For the past week the weather has
been clear, warm and pleasant.
The little daughter &c VIM Temple
ton IL yet In very critical condition.
Mrs ELIAS Masters has been the
guest of Mrs. w. II. Kirk for the past
week.
ON Monday last phiAp willig and
family started for Arlington, Wasco
county
Miss Ida Cushow, who has been vis-
ltlng friends near Harrisburg, returned
homie nn Friday
- r. Nenncr accompanied by his
Wife left for Prineville, Via The Dnlips
OH Monday last.
The thermometer marked So degrees
I'm the shade ut 3 Z. NJ. on Saturday; on
Sunday 0S degrees.
Our town II now without mcr-
chant tailor. There Is n good opening
for n tirst-elnss mechanic.
During the past week f. +. Croft
visited Alsea valley where he pur-
chased band of sheep.
Mrs. II. n. Thompson, who for the
past week has been visiting friends In
Portland, returned home on Thursday
last.
A. T.. Ellis, formerly of this place, nj
pscsent resident of spokane Falls,
paid our town a visit during the past
week.
Protect Your eyes from the sun and
dust. Colorcd goggles, speetacles and
eye glasses for sale by pillsbury the
Icweler.
Saturday last MessrS. Ambrose and
Hume weighed their thoroughbred
Cntswooi buck, which tipped the beam
srt 2l0 pounds.
Mrs. Morris Jaeger, on Saturday last
lcft for the Dalies. from which place
she viii proceed twenty miles, to the
home OF her parents.
James Warren who during the past
week returned from prineville, reports
the snow fifteen feet In depth on Sand
mountain, AT the summit.
Philllp Williu, who left our town for
Alkali on Wednesday last has returned
for Ills family, who will accompany
him back to his new location.
Services were conducted ON Sabbath
last at the Baptist church by Rev.
G. NJ. Hin. Rev Carpus Sperry filling
his regular appointment ut Rock Hill.
Prof IL. :. Strange LEFT for Hal-cy
OH the morning of Saturday last, nt
which place he delivered speech
on the occasion Of the picnic given by
the Halsey band.
Mr.. Sage aud family ON Thursday
evening last arrived from AlhanN.
They will nlov into the Frank Hyde
house recently purchased 10y Mr. SaEt,
from w. X. Kirk.
Glen, the little son OF III. Mcfarland,
who was 81 seriously scalhed by boil
lug milk, mention of which was made
In last issue, Is yet In dangerous con-
dition from injuries received.
Considerable attention has been
drawn TO "A new mo,lel ehurn the work
of Mr.. Drake, which has been on ext
bition Rt the store Of q. y. Dyson The
mechanism of the churn IL VERY simple
but i a success i'm producing butter, In
the space of seven Iiiiuutrs.
From George Gross proprietor Of the
soda springs a, Waterloo. who was IN
town ON Tuesday last. we learn that
the river will bc sufficiently low, in
from one to two weeks to permit water
being taken from the spring, notice OF
which will be given i'm the LEBANON
ENPRhass.
The recent warm spell Of weather
brings To mind the cool mountain
shades, sparkling Icy streams and sum
mer resorts, that many Of our citizens
| will visit during the oppressive weather
OF the next three month. Already many
! are making arrangements for a length
ened stay nt some of the many health
/ giving localities for which Oregon Is So
I justly celebrated. -
Rev. e.. NJ. Hill of Eugene ON the
evening Of Saturday last, at the Bap-
| tist church, commenced series of lee.
! tur,s, addressed to the "young people
/ extending over the evenings of Satur-
day, Sunday and Monday. The excr-
/ cises throughout were well attended.
/ great interest being manifested in the
/ subject under discussion, which was
| eIoquently argued by the R1v. gentle
| man.
! DIED-Nay 29th, 1857, Mrs J. Mont.
! gomery, aged 81 years. The funeral
/ services were conducted by Rev. Car
/ pus Sperry, on the following Monday
/ at the residence of James McHa-gue. ar
where an extremely large gathering
| of the friends of the departed pioneer
woman took place. Mrs. Montgomery
who emigrlted from Tennessee e
/ Oregon in the year lsI9. was the grand
mother of "A children.
During the month Of June the 4. o.
/ l.. w. will pay twelve death assess.
ments, amounting To 1000. OF thin
number eight deaths occurred at Ma
naimo, Il. g, on the Sd day of May
1857. from explosion in coal mines
| The whole number of deaths occurring
| IN the order for the past wear number
| 81; the whole number of assessment,
paid by members amounts to 22, fiffeer
having pecn paid from the surplu,
| fund.
On the afternoon of Monday last tn,
usual quiet of our town was disturbed
by sudden startling rattle of wheels
accompanied by the ringing hoof beat
OF "A runaway team of horses, which un
mindful of the wear and tear of tn,
wagon to which they were attached
were making fast time, unfestrained 10y
rem or driver. After "taking in" tn,
principal streets, and doing but littl,
damage other than the Obstruction o
the hotel sign, and a few feet of side
walk, they were brought to a standstil
near the factory.
A stroll through town brings to no
tice many improvements. The agri
cultural depot of Coshow & Cable i
finished and furnished with stock o
agricultural implements The proper
ty of q. a. Dyson is receiving many
additions i'm the way of a new fence